FEDERAL JUDGES TELL GOV. BROWN HE MUST START COMPLYING WITH ORDERED CAP ON PRISON POP. On Thursday...
Archive - June 2013
Waiting 4 SCOTUS On Prop. 8 & DOMA…..Oakland Commits to Ambitious School Reform……2 Sad & Notable Deaths…
HOW WILL THE SUPREMES RULE ON GAY MARRIAGE? WILL THEY BE BRILLIANTLY GAME-CHANGING OR...
LA Sheriff’s Deputy Claims She was Fired for Not Backing up Partner’s False Story
Both ABC 7 and NBC 4 have story about former LA Sheriff’s deputy Penelope Armstrong who is...
LA Supes Meeting: Realignment and DCFS Commission, CA Gang Database Bill Moves Forward…and More
PROBATION CHIEF CALLS FOR MORE “SPLIT SENTENCES” In a realignment progress report to...
Breakdown on Monday’s SCOTUS Rulings, and CA Prison Overcrowding Increasing…plus Motion for DCFS Blue Ribbon Commission
The Supreme Court, nearing the end of the 2012 term, delivered several notable decisions on...
Racially Biased Justice in the News: Weed Arrests, NYC’s Stop & Frisk….and a Happy Dad’s Day Story
It’s been three and a half years since Michelle Alexander’s essential book, The New Jim...
Press Opinions on McDonnell/Baca, Compelling Arguments for Juvenile Justice Reform…and More
REGRETTING LB POLICE CHIEF JIM MCDONNELL’S DECISION NOT TO CHALLENGE BACA Tuesday evening...
Sup. Mark Ridley-Thomas Proposes New DCFS Blue Ribbon Commission for Child Protection
At next Tuesday’s board meeting, Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas will introduce a motion to...
LAPD’s Less Serious Uses of Force Under-Documented, New Bill to Help Trafficked Children…and More
LAPD WATCHDOG FLAGS UNDER-DOCUMATION OF NON-LETHAL USES OF FORCE AS PROBLEMATIC The inspector...
Fixing Foster Care: Does DCFS Need Its Own Citizens’ Commission?…and More
When he started 15 months ago, most felt that DCFS Chief Philip Browning was exactly the right...